Okay I think you're being deliberately obtuse here if this is why you think my example wasn't relevant.
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Okay I think you're being deliberately obtuse here if this is why you think my example wasn't relevant.
So, you're saying that, since his election as sheriff, Garry McFadden has somehow become a racist versus whom, whites or blacks?
Cops of all colours are all but actively ordered to make racist assumptions every day. Something as seemingly innocuous as "we need to deal with the thugs in this town" is very implicitly racist, and the police deal with this kind of language all the time. It's practically impossible to avoid this as a police officer, even if you're the proud owner of one of these:
He is saying that when a system is overwhelmingly and systematically discriminatory against certain people, even those people might lose sight of the problem once they become part of the system itself.
Also the issue is not about local police. If the local police works well, that's fantastic. The issue is about a country wide system for accountability for when the local police fails to act as it should.
I am also a bit curious about why you think that it wouldn't happen in the US. It's not like there's lack of examples of rapists getting away with it in here.
Also the issue is not about local police. If the local police works well, that's fantastic. The issue is about a country wide system for accountability for when the local police fails to act as it should.
I am also a bit curious about why you think that it wouldn't happen in the US. It's not like there's lack of examples of rapists getting away with it in here.
I don't own the sheriff, although I did vote for him. Police probably do deal with language all the time, it's part of the human experience. I don't know what your personal history has been like but making assumptions about my experience based on your own experience is patently wrong.Cops of all colours are all but actively ordered to make racist assumptions every day. Something as seemingly innocuous as "we need to deal with the thugs in this town" is very implicitly racist, and the police deal with this kind of language all the time. It's practically impossible to avoid this as a police officer, even if you're the proud owner of one of these:
...What...?
Violence spreads
Also, why am I watching Trump at rallies during a pandemic? Talking about the good old days when police brutality was widely accepted.
Adama Traoré: French anti-racism protests defy police ban
Echoing US protests, people call for justice for Adama Traoré, who died in 2016 in police custody.
www.bbc.com
Also, why am I watching Trump at rallies during a pandemic? Talking about the good old days when police brutality was widely accepted.
Violence spreads
Adama Traoré: French anti-racism protests defy police ban
Echoing US protests, people call for justice for Adama Traoré, who died in 2016 in police custody.www.bbc.com
Also, why am I watching Trump at rallies during a pandemic? Talking about the good old days when police brutality was widely accepted.
That's an old video I believe. Still, gives you the chills.
No. The Traoré case is old but now resurfacing in today's (Tuesday) protests.
You made a smart-assed remark about me owning one. Just wanted to clarify I don't own anyone.
Did the image not load for you? Also it was a general "you're" not a specific one.
Jacob, you seem a smart individual and I really like you. But if you're looking for racial hatred toward you from me, it's not going to happen, no matter how many N-Word Passes I see.
I meant Trump's video.
Maybe Adolf Trump sends in the regular Army.
I feel like you really badly misread one of my posts. I'm genuinely confused.
It may be your trove of academia overlapping with real life. In real life men, even cops, can hear and read all kinds of things without it affecting them personally.
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It's wierd to say people don't form opinions on the basis of experiences.
Where would you get that from anything he's said?
Jacob seems to believe that this statement closes the case. That people, including police officers, cannot act contrary to this statement. I believe they do not necessarily need to make racist assumptions based on what they read or hear. to make choices in their every day life.Cops of all colours are all but actively ordered to make racist assumptions every day. Something as seemingly innocuous as "we need to deal with the thugs in this town" is very implicitly racist, and the police deal with this kind of language all the time. It's practically impossible to avoid this as a police officer, even if you're the proud owner of one of these:
He's not entirely wrong though. Here is a good article on that particular subject. Jacob might be a bit hyperbolic but it's a real problem and it ties into what I'm saying too.
Race might not be the sole issue (one thing that media portrayals like to avoid) but it is at the very least the instigating issue in many cases, this one included. They might target him initially due to possible underlying racial prejudice, and as I recall the arrest was over a counterfeit bill which did not warrant the level of force they employed. That being said, once they initiate the arrest they get to justify their disproportionate use of force because he's "resisting", and this is where training and endemic department culture comes into play.
Race might not be the sole issue (one thing that media portrayals like to avoid) but it is at the very least the instigating issue in many cases, this one included. They might target him initially due to possible underlying racial prejudice, and as I recall the arrest was over a counterfeit bill which did not warrant the level of force they employed. That being said, once they initiate the arrest they get to justify their disproportionate use of force because he's "resisting", and this is where training and endemic department culture comes into play.
